machine

I

(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)

n. apparatus, contrivance, mechanism, device; motor, engine; airplane, car, bicycle, robot; organization, cabal; machinery.

See vehicle, instrumentality, party.

II

(Roget's IV) n.

1. [A mechanical contrivance]

Syn. instrument, implement, mechanism, apparatus; see computer , device 1 , engine 1 , motor , press 3 , tool 1 .

Types of machine tools include: drill press, belt-driven press, hydraulic press, pillar press, pendulum press, punch press, steam hammer, drop hammer, radial drill, gang drill, die sinker, rough grinder, precision grinder, lathe-tool grinder, planer-tool grinder, jig borer, rip saw, crosscut saw, jigsaw, band saw, table saw, speed lathe, lathe-planer, engine lathe, turret lathe, automatic lathe, electric lathe, vertical lathe, crank planer, plate planer, shaper, slotter, broacher, milling machine, gear-cutting machine, die-threading machine, pipe-threading machine.

2. [A political organization]

Syn. movement, party, gang*, ring*, line-up*; see also organization 3 .

3. [A person who resembles a machine]

Syn. automaton, grind, robot; see drudge , laborer .

v.

Syn. tool, shape, plane, turn, drill, weld, die, grind, thread, bore, lathe; see also manufacture 1 .

III

(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) n.

mechanism, apparatus, device, appliance, engine, motor, contraption, vehicle, *workhorse, automoton, robot, gadget.